Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 December 1859

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Frank had taken a life insurance for almost one million dollars, payable to his wife, to take care of a money deal that went wrong. His body was eventually found sixteen miles away at a place called Snow's Marsh west of the Cape Fear River. An autopsy showed that he had been fatally injured by a dynamite explosion originating either in his lap or (more likely) immediately under his seat. All other 33 on board were killed as well.
(6 January 1960)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 16th of December 1859 166 years ago
Folklorist and mythologist Wilhelm Karl Grimm dies of an internal infection at the age of 73 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.